Irrigating apparatus.



F. M. GHEEK. RmGATING APP/Amina: APPLICATION FILED SEPT i7, 1909.

Patented Oct. 4, 1Q?.

infster more fully described miler "er HENRY TM. CHEEK, F LITTLE ESCE, ARKANSAS, ASSIGR OF @NE-HALF TG JOHN` A,

Specification of Leters etent.

Patented @on el, Q.

llpplicstoulled september i969. Serial Ito. 528,250.

YTo all 'wliom i 'may' concern.

lle it lmown that l, limiter M. ll/unen., u

vention is to providonieuns for utilisingnozzles which aire normally located below the surifeee to be flushed orirriguted but which, when subjected to the pressure of waiter supplied thereto, ere automatically shifted shove suoli surface and opere-te to direct a' plurality of jets downward onto the surface of the street or ground and in the vicinity of the nozzles.

A further object is to provide a. device of ythis character, which simple in construetion., een readily be placed in positiomsnd' will not easily out oi order.

A further object is to provide e nozzle ol. novel forni having improved' means for limitin@ the movement thereof, seid nozzle being irrunged to uutonnitieslly assume its normal position when relieved of the pressure of weter therein.

"iii/ith these and other object-s in View, the invention consists in 11o-vel details of lconstruction combination of parte heresnd pointed out in the eleinr. lj

lu th'o accompanying drawings the preferred foi-in of the invention'hes been shown.

seid drawings Figure l is. s vertical i seetion through e, portion 'of the apparatus embodying the present invention, the position olf the nozzle when subjeeted to Waternressure, being indicated by' dotted lines. ou 1 tuig. 2 is e, section on line Ame-B ol llig. i.

Referring to 'the figures by characters oi. reterence., l designates e supply pige de signed to be placed underground and nrovided at soy 'desired intervals with oiitlet openings 2 surrounded by mteriorly screw These flanges sie dethresded lfinges 3,

signed to be engaged by tuouler exteni-:lunesA Lljgrojeeting upwardly from the pipe l to e point close to the surfuee of the street or ground to he operated on. A tubuler nozsle is slidaihly mounted Within the tube l end is provided et its upper end with e esp thoroughiuresj because when 6 which may be in. the form of u disk of any preferred transverse contour, the disk being' preferably so shaped as to lie flush with the surface beneath which the pipe 'l is luid.

The nozzle is provided :it dismetrically 6G opposed points with longitudinal 'slots 7 through whieh extends guide bolt-8. This bolt projects through op osed portions of the tube el end is secure( in place in any preferred manner us by means of e nut.

'llmt portion of the nozzle 5 located above the slots Y is provided with the desired numlher (1f-apertures 9 preferably arranged in" series, the apertures of the lower series being extended ut such angles es to direct jets of water downward onto the surface in the inuuediute vicinity ot the tube d. The next series of apertures 9 above the series first mentioned is j ireersbly at such un angle to the vertical as lo direct jets of Water to ooints located :it greater distances from the ube l hnn the lower jets and this errungeiueut or the apertures is followed out to the opper end of the nozzle so that when the jets of waiter are discharged from the nozzle wide urea will be covered by them.

j lt is of course to be understood that the ipe l is provided with any desired numlier of guide tubes or extensions 4, these' be4 ing placed :it suitable intervals. Moreover B5 the norme-l position of the een@ isupon the upper end of the guide d thereunder' and 'lush or substantially flush with the surt'eoev to be acted upon.

When it is desired to use the apparatus, 9

Water under pressure is directed into'tlle pipe l and forces the various nozzles 5. upfV wurdly until. the movements thereof: are liru` .itedby the .lower end Walls of the slots oominginto Contact with the guide bolts 8, gli

fis-soon asthe nozzles are forced upward in this manner the water Will be discharged in vjets through the apertures 9 and' the sur- J rounding surface `will thus be thoroughly?- .'luslled or irrigated. lt will be .seen that this `apparatusisespecially adapted for use i in cleaning is not' in operation. the oeps 6 een lie flush with the sui-ieee of the streets 'und thus offer no 105 hindrance to trute. wWhen the Water pres-Y sure is removed from the pipe 'l thevsrious nozzles t will oi' lcourse drop by gravity to their normal positions.

It iso course to he understood that Am- 11e the invention.

.ivitliiii the branch pipe und having?,T :i plu- .rious changes niay be iiiude in tlie uiriiiigel nient of the parts without departing from tlie. spirit or sacrificing tlie advantages of vliet is claimed is:

Apparatus of the class described including :i distributing pipe, :i brunch ipe of uni- 'foi'in internal dininetei extenting perpendiculiirly from tlie distributing pipe and constituting :i guide und guard, ii cylindrical nozzle fitted snugly, and slidzibly mounted rulity of discharge orifices disposed radially in the nozzle, there being diunietrietilly 0pposed longitudinal slots witlnn the nozzle und adjacent the lower end thereof, a cliiiinetiiezilly disposed guide bolt. extending tlii'ougli the slots and secured within the branch pipe, said' bolt constituting iiieiiiis for limiting the movement. of the nozzle within the branch pipe, and a oep upon the upper end of tlie nozzle normally hearing upon the' upper* end of the branch pipe and extending laterally beyond said pipe.

ln testimony that claim theA foregoing as my own, I have hereto alxed my signature in tlie presence of two witnesses.

v -Witnesses: i

N. OTTENHEIMER, T. H. BnowN. 

